Famous Deaths In April - 12

0065  Death of Seneca the Younger, Roman philosopher, statesman and dramatist on April - 12.  

0238  Death of Gordian II, heir to the Roman Empire (killed in battle) on this day in history.  

0352  Julius I, pope (337-52), dies on April - 12.  

0434  Death of Archbishop Maximianus of Constantinople on this day in history.  

1125  On April - 12 death of vladislaus I of Bohemia  

1443  Death of Henry Chichele, Archbishop of Canterbury on April - 12.  

1550  Claude of Lorraine, duke of Guise, dies at 53 on this day in history.  

1555  On this day in history johanna de Wanzinnige, Queen of Castilie (1504-20), dies at 75  

1605  Boris Godunov, Tsar of Russia (1598-1605), dies on this day in history.  

1675  Death of Richard Bennett, British Colonial Governor of Virginia (b. 1609) on this day in history.  

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1687  On April - 12 death of ambrose Dixon, Virginia Colony pioneer  

1690  On this day in history miguel Gomez Camargo, composer, dies at 71  

1704  John Hudde, 21x mayor of Amsterdam, dies at 76 on this day in history.  

1748  William Kent, English sculptor/architect (Kensington Palace), dies on April - 12.  

1760  On this day in history baron Ernst Gottlieb, composer, dies at 64  

1782  Death of Metastasio, Italian poet and librettist (b. 1698) on April - 12.  

1788  On April - 12 carl Joseph Toeschi, composer, dies at 56  

1795  Rainieri de Calzabigi, Italian literary, dies at 80 on April - 12.  

1797  Josef Antonin Stepan, composer, dies at 71 on April - 12.  

1814  On this day in history death of charles Burney, English music historian (b. 1726)  

1817  Charles Messier, "comet ferret" & catalogs famous "M objects,", dies on April - 12.  

1828  Jean Henri Appelius, Dutch lawyer/minister of Finance, dies at 60 on this day in history.  

1845  On this day in history henry M baron the Kock, officer/politician, dies at 65  

1850  On this day in history death of adoniram Judson, American Baptist missionary (b. 1788)  

1859  On April - 12 john Emde, German evangelist, dies at about 84  

1864  Thomas Green, US Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 50 on April - 12.  

1872  On this day in history death of nikolaos Mantzaros, Greek composer (b. 1795)  

1878  On April - 12 william M "Boss" Tweed, NY politician, dies  

1896  On this day in history alexander Ritter, composer, dies at 62  

1898  Death of Elzéar-Alexandre Taschereau, Roman catholic archbishop of Quebec (b. 1820) on this day in history.  

1902  Death of Marie Alfred Cornu, French physicist (b. 1842) on this day in history.  

1909  On April - 12 hermann Kotzchmar, composer, dies at 79  

1910  William G Sumner, US sociologist/politicologist (Folkways), dies at 69 on this day in history.  

1912  On April - 12 clara Barton, organizer (American Red Cross), dies at 90  

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0812  On this day in history birth of muhammad at-Taqi, Muslim Shia Imam (d. 835)  

1484  On this day in history birth of antonio da Sangallo the Younger, Italian architect (d. 1546)  

1500  Joachim Camerarius, [Liebhard Kammerer], German humanist was born on April - 12.  

1526  On this day in history birth of muretus, French humanist (d. 1585)  

1550  Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, English politician (d. 1604) was born on April - 12.  

1577  Christian IV of Denmark (d. 1648) was born on this day in history.  

1579  Francois de Bassompierre, marshal of France was born on April - 12.  

1626  On April - 12 birth of paul Hainlein, composer